Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Mexico

Infant mortality rate in Mexico in 2024 — 12.1 per 1,000. Ranked 96 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 88.6%.

2024 12.1 per 1,000 −2.42% vs 2023
World rank 96of 196
Period maximum 106 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 12.1 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Mexico, 1960–202405010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 106 per 1,0001962: 100.2 per 1,0001964: 95.2 per 1,0001966: 90.6 per 1,0001968: 86.4 per 1,0001970: 82 per 1,0001972: 77.4 per 1,0001974: 72.8 per 1,0001976: 68.3 per 1,0001978: 63.6 per 1,0001980: 58.8 per 1,0001982: 54.1 per 1,0001984: 49.6 per 1,0001986: 45.6 per 1,0001988: 41.8 per 1,0001990: 38.2 per 1,0001992: 34.8 per 1,0001994: 31.7 per 1,0001996: 28.9 per 1,0001998: 26.3 per 1,0002000: 24 per 1,0002002: 21.9 per 1,0002004: 20.2 per 1,0002006: 18.9 per 1,0002008: 17.9 per 1,0002010: 17 per 1,0002012: 16.2 per 1,0002014: 15.4 per 1,0002016: 14.7 per 1,0002018: 14 per 1,0002020: 13.4 per 1,0002022: 12.8 per 1,0002024: 12.1 per 1,000
Change over the period: −93.9 (−88.58%) Average annual rate: -3.33 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Mexico

Mexico 12.1 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Latin America & Caribbean 13.3 per 1,000
Central America computed 12.3 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 8.4 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Mexico, by year Mexico All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 12.1 −0.3 −2.42%
2023 12.4 −0.4 −3.13%
2022 12.8 −0.3 −2.29%
2021 13.1 −0.3 −2.24%
2020 13.4 −0.3 −2.19%
2019 13.7 −0.3 −2.14%
2018 14 −0.4 −2.78%
2017 14.4 −0.3 −2.04%
2016 14.7 −0.3 −2%
2015 15 −0.4 −2.6%
2014 15.4 −0.4 −2.53%
2013 15.8 −0.4 −2.47%
2012 16.2 −0.4 −2.41%
2011 16.6 −0.4 −2.35%
2010 17 −0.4 −2.3%
2009 17.4 −0.5 −2.79%
2008 17.9 −0.5 −2.72%
2007 18.4 −0.5 −2.65%
2006 18.9 −0.6 −3.08%
2005 19.5 −0.7 −3.47%
2004 20.2 −0.8 −3.81%
2003 21 −0.9 −4.11%
2002 21.9 −1 −4.37%
2001 22.9 −1.1 −4.58%
2000 24 −1.1 −4.38%
1999 25.1 −1.2 −4.56%
1998 26.3 −1.2 −4.36%
1997 27.5 −1.4 −4.84%
1996 28.9 −1.4 −4.62%
1995 30.3 −1.4 −4.42%
1994 31.7 −1.6 −4.8%
1993 33.3 −1.5 −4.31%
1992 34.8 −1.7 −4.66%
1991 36.5 −1.7 −4.45%
1990 38.2 −1.7 −4.26%
1989 39.9 −1.9 −4.55%
1988 41.8 −1.8 −4.13%
1987 43.6 −2 −4.39%
1986 45.6 −2 −4.2%
1985 47.6 −2 −4.03%
1984 49.6 −2.2 −4.25%
1983 51.8 −2.3 −4.25%
1982 54.1 −2.3 −4.08%
1981 56.4 −2.4 −4.08%
1980 58.8 −2.5 −4.08%
1979 61.3 −2.3 −3.62%
1978 63.6 −2.4 −3.64%
1977 66 −2.3 −3.37%
1976 68.3 −2.3 −3.26%
1975 70.6 −2.2 −3.02%
1974 72.8 −2.4 −3.19%
1973 75.2 −2.2 −2.84%
1972 77.4 −2.4 −3.01%
1971 79.8 −2.2 −2.68%
1970 82 −2.2 −2.61%
1969 84.2 −2.2 −2.55%
1968 86.4 −2.1 −2.37%
1967 88.5 −2.1 −2.32%
1966 90.6 −2.3 −2.48%
1965 92.9 −2.3 −2.42%
1964 95.2 −2.3 −2.36%
1963 97.5 −2.7 −2.69%
1962 100.2 −2.7 −2.62%
1961 102.9 −3.1 −2.92%
1960 106

Central America, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The number of children who died before the age of one per 1,000 live births in the same year. One of the most sensitive indicators of the quality of health care and of social conditions: it responds to the availability of obstetric care, vaccination, clean water and nutrition faster than life expectancy does. The estimates are prepared by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.